Format References in MLA 9th (CNE examples)

Format References in MLA 9th (CNE examples)

Overview

This skill provides ready-to-test examples for formatting non-English (CJK) references in MLA 9th, using the CNE (Cite Non-English) conventions:

• Romanization
• Original script
• English translation in brackets

This is designed for:

1. learning MLA 9 formatting for non-English materials, and
2. benchmarking/evaluating a formatting workflow against fixed expected outputs.

Interactive demo (fixtures + expected output)

# In ai-research-skills-core
# Note: pass the dataset filename (with .json)
npx tsx packages/cli/bin/run.js bench run citation/mla-9th-cne.en-US.json \
  --benchmarks-dir /path/to/ai-research-skills/benchmarks \
  --output /path/to/ai-research-skills/benchmarks/reports

Procedure (human / workflow)

1. Decide how names are presented:
   • CNE MLA keeps surname-first order without comma reversal for many Asian names.
2. Decide the title pattern:
   • Romanization (often italicized for containers),
   • Original script (not italicized),
   • Translation in brackets.
3. Apply MLA 9 container rules (journal/book/film/etc.) and normalize dates/pages.
4. Validate against fixtures and record diffs.

Footnotes (enabled)

If you need to cite a rule source inline, use Markdown footnotes like this.¹